Israeli Quotes

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

There is no more Palestine. Finished.

The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands.

The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.

The Jews have opened fire, and they are unready to begin a war.

Most important, don't do anything you don't want.

Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.

It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.

It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective.

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.

I have the strength to endure it all.

I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home.

After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life.

I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.

We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.

Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.